Exscript Scripting Language

Exscript is a script and template language for automating network connections over protocols such as Telnet or SSH. Exscript is targeted at non-developers and developers alike.

Exscript is often used to automate sessions with routers from Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, or others. Are you an administrator who often configures machines running Linux/Unix, IOS, IOS-XR, JunOS, VRP, or any other operating system that can be used with a terminal? Then Exscript is for you!

Exscript is in some ways comparable to Expect, but has some unique features that make it a lot easier to use and understand for non-developers.

To get going quickly, have a look at our introduction. For examples, click here.

For more documentation, please have a look at this page.

Requirements

Exscript requires the following software:

• termconnect
• spiff-signal
• spiff-workqueue
• Python 2.2 or greater
• Python-crypto
• Python-pexpect (optional, for SSH support)
• ssh (optional, for SSH support)

Exscript has been tested on the following operating systems:

• Linux
• Solaris
• AIX

Exscript Framework

Exscript is written in Python and we value componentized, clean code, so it will always be easy to modify and extend.